Tavener, John > Backhouse, Jeremy

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...continue...

Gabriel Jackson: Requiem / Vasari Singers - Jeremy Backhouse

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Nicholas Jackson: Requiem, for chorus & organ; Gabriel Jackson: In all his works, for chorus; I am the voice of the wind, for chorus; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continu...
Performers: Herring, Carl [Guitar]
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: ; Vasari Singers

While the unifying thread which links these works is that of loss, the underlying focus is an uplifting celebration of life and love. Gabriel Jackson's...continue...
Recording information: Tonbridge School Chapel, Tonbridge, Kent, UK (02/25/2011-02/27/2011)....continue...

Best of Sir John Tavener

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: John Tavener: Funeral Ikos, for chorus; The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; A Hymn to the Mother of God; The Protecting Veil; Angels; Lament of the Mother of God; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, fo...
Performers: Dunnett, David; Isserlis, Steven
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Hill, David; Cleobury, Stephen